Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22

• Clara Schumann composed this set of three pieces for violin and piano in July of 1853.¹ She dedicated the set to her friend and frequent concert collaborator, violinist Joseph Joachim.²
  • Clara Schumann gave her first concert appearance with Joseph Joachim in May of 1853, and it led to a lifetime of friendship and collaboration.³
  • Oxford Music Online reports that Joachim was Clara Schumann’s “most frequent recital partner.”⁴
  • The Three Romances were among Clara Schumann’s last compositions. She ceased to composed after the death of her husband Robert in 1856.⁵

“Dem erhabenen Musikern und Freund Joseph Joachim” 
“To the Illustrious musician and friend, Joseph Joachim”

The dedication on Clara Schumann’s score.⁶

1. Nancy B. Reich, Clara Schumann: The Artist and The Woman (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988), 247.
2. “3 Romanzen, Op. 22 (Schumann, Clara),” IMSLP, accessed June 17, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Romances%2C_Op.22_(Schumann%2C_Clara). 
3. Reich, Clara Schumann, 135.
4. Nancy B. Reich and Natasha Loges, “Schumann [née Wieck], Clara,” Grove Music Online (March 29, 2021), accessed June 17, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-90000380188. 
5. Reich, Clara Schumann, 135.
6. Ibid., 300.